Breaking News- Dali, Yunnan, China Super Bolide 04OCT2017 w/Video Meteorites Likely- MeteorRats Scramble!
2-4 meter superbolide just fell over southern China!
Updates pending!
Dali,Yunnan, China Super Bolide 20:08 Local 04OCT2017 Meteorites Likely- MeteorRats Scramble!
Yunnan Bolide Event 12:07:05 UTC
99.4 deg LAT / 28.1 deg LON
0.54 kt energy release
37 km above ground detonation
Source: CNEOS/NASA
They estimate a radiated energy around 192 gigajoules, the making it the most energetic "impact" in several months after the 2017/06/20 event, and the most energetic "impact" over land in over a year since the 2016/06/27 event over Mauritania!
It's the middle of the night in China, so unsurprisingly I haven't been able to find any photos or new sources on it, but expect the news to catch on in a few hours! This is the largest impact over china since the 2000/12/15 event, and will definitely merit attention in one way or another.
~Sam Dean / MPML
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The event occurs at about 8 pm local time, and because it was a holiday in China (mid-autumn day of which there is a tradition of moon-gazing) there are a lot of witnesses. There are also reports about ground shaking after the flash.
Unfortunately the area is quite mountainous, so meteorite search would be difficult.
Cheers, Yeh, Quan-Zhi / MPML
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BREAKING NEWS- Cyprus Meteor Boom Reported 00:38 Local 09SEP2016
Bright flash, loud boom and earth shaking just after midnight on Friday, 09SEP2016 was reported.
OFFICIAL REPORT- 9SEP2016 KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY Cyprus 00:38 3.5 SE-NW mostly light blue around full moon plus explosion flash No in all data Closer to the NW part of Cyprus observers indicated sound of explosion. Collective resultS from all the country, gathered by the Kition Planetarium and Observatory. ---
Heavenly Boom: Cyprus Abuzz Over 'Exploding Meteor' - The New ...
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Heavenly boom: Cyprus abuzz over 'exploding meteor'
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Heavenly boom: Cyprus abuzz over 'exploding meteor'
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Published Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 | 1:28 a.m.. Updated 18 minutes ago. NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriot officials are baffled by reports that a meteor ...
Heavenly boom Cyprus abuzz over 'exploding meteor'
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Cypriot officials are baffled by reports that a meteor streaking across the nighttime sky may have exploded overhead with a thunderous bang that some ...
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Initial Sighting Reports-
08SEP2016 Harry Alicea New Bern, NC 1805 5-10 seconds Southwest Bright White Almost as bright as the sun. None It caught me by surprise while driving, no video.
08SEP2016 Dennis Mayhand Winston Salem, NC 6:03pm 3-4 seconds Traveling east on 40 just left Peters Creek Pkwy heading back to Greensboro. The big white ball and be with red tail. Traveling very fast heading toward the ground. Whitest blue ball with red tail Bright! We couldn't tell if parts were falling from it.
08SEP2016 Lisa Nashville,nc 6:05 pm 20sun east white sun no very bright
08SEP2016 Hayden Best Apex NC 27502 1800 hrs EST 3-4 secs north 20 degree azimuth White bluish White bright No fragments fell straight down. Spotted by myself and my dad. We were not together at the time. I was out walking with mom and he was at home about 1/4 mile away. We might try intersection after dinner.
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Meteor sighting reported across Virginia Signs of the Times The American Meteor Society is investigating 46 reports about fireballs seen over Virginia and North Carolina, as well as in California, Michigan, ...
Fireball streaks across sky in North Carolina WNCN Thursday evening around 6:04 p.m. a fireball streaked across the North ... The fireball was seen as far north as Charlottesville and Fredericksville, ...
Fireball streaks across sky in North Carolina WNCN Based on the information obtained by the reports the American Meteor Society estimates that the fireball started about 3 miles southwest of Essex, ...
BREAKING NEWS- Newly Discovered Asteroid 2016 RB1 will pass by Earth at a distance of 21,000 miles 07SEP2016
Asteroid 2016 RB1 is about 40 ft long and will safely pass by Earth at a speed of 33,000 miles per hour. It was just discovered on Monday, 05SEP2016.
With such little time between discovery and pass. this highlights how these events require priority pre-emergency planning and pre-preparation by all nations. If an object of this size were to hit a city the size of New York few if any would survive. If an airburst were to occur over such the city, thousands would be killed and several tens of severly injured from the over-pressure shattering glass in buildings. I expect that this asteroid may have companions so MeteorRATs be on STANDBY; we may have a meteorite fall very soon! Allsky cameras on and ready! Observers! - LunarMeteoriteHunter....Tokyo
Breaking News: Truck-sized Asteroid is Set to Pass Extremely Close to EarthPosted to YouTube by nemesis maturity 256 views
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Huge Fireball with sonic and fragmentation reports NE US May 17th 2016 00:50 EDT (04:50 UTC) Multiple videos. $20,000 reward for a piece of the meteorite weighing at least 2.2 pounds.
MeteorRats Scramble! Rocks likely on the ground!
“I’m not going to say absolutely it didn’t produce meteorites on the ground, but I have not seen a Doppler signature that would suggest that,” Cooke said Friday night from the Marshall Space Flight Center near Huntsville, Alabama.
This animation shows the orbit of the fireball that occurred over New Hampshire/Maine around 12:50 AM EDT on May 17 (night of May 16). Once the meteoroid gets very close to Earth, the view shifts to the fireball's perspective, depicting what a camera attached to the meteor would show as it plunges towards Earth.
Credit- AMS
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Ontario (Canada) and Québec (Canada)
The Maine Mineral & Gem Museum suspects the meteor crashed into the woods of northwestern Maine, based on preliminary findings. It's offering a $20,000 reward if someone recovers a piece of the meteorite weighing at least 2.2 pounds.http://phys.org/news/2016-05-meteor-captured-dashcam-video-england.html#jCp
RJ, Brasil Fireball Meteor Likely Produces Meteorites 00:30h Local 08FEB2016 w/ Video
Just Breaking! Updates pending with videos, trajectory and orbit data, soon!
BRAMON scores BIG!
Brasil MeteorRATs Scramble for meteorites! Boots hit the ground!
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RJ, Brasil Fireball Meteor Likely Produces Meteorites 00:30h Local 08FEB2016
c 2016 BRAMON
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Meteoroid Flight Path Angle of Fall
RJ, Brasil Fireball Meteor Likely Produces Meteorites 00:30h Local 08FEB2016
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Meteoroid Flight Path
RJ, Brasil Fireball Meteor Likely Produces Meteorites 00:30h Local 08FEB2016
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RJ Meteoroid Trajectory
RJ, Brasil Fireball Meteor Likely Produces Meteorites 00:30h Local 08FEB2016
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RJ Meteoroid Orbit Calculation
RJ, Brasil Fireball Meteor Likely Produces Meteorites 00:30h Local 08FEB2016
Vídeo: câmeras da BRAMON registram ruptura de meteoro sobre o Rio de Janeiro
painelglobal.com. Bramon has just released the video of the meteor that ruptured on the rio de Janeiro, in the first minutes of the 08th of February.
According to the reports the fireball possessed green color and shone as much as the planet Venus ending its trajectory in the sky with an explosion. http://www.painelglobal.com.br/talk/destaque.php?id=dat_20160208-015757.inc
Internauta registra bólido se framentando sobre o Rio de Janeiro
painelglobal.com.
Observei um bólido muito grande nesta noite. O maior da minha vida. Estou no bairro do Grajaú, Rio de Janeiro - latidude: - 22,93 graus - longitude: - 43,26 graus.....
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Marcelo Souza
February 8 at 10:06pm
Olá!!! ALERTA!!! ATENÇÃO!!! Grande Bólido cruzando a constelação de Órion observado nessa madrugada, segunda-feira, dia 8 de fevereiro, às 00:30h (aproximadamente). Há relatos de observação em Campos dos Goytacazes, em Cabo Frio e na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Se você observou, divulgue o seu relato. Pode ter havido queda de meteoritos.
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Chita, Zabaykal'skiy Kray, Siberia, Russia
Bolide Meteor Leaves Many Stunned With Awe 2147 Local 11NOV2015 Breaking Story updates pending- Russia MeteorRats start investigating! Real? video just posted thank you to Zabgeo Thank you Sir! (VIDEO posted by RT/Levitan now proven faked/recycled of Thailand Bolide 02NOV2015)
Проверьте свои камеры безопасности!
Пожалуйста, сообщайте ваши наблюдения метеоров на этот сайт для posting- Помните, что если вы ищете для отчета, и никто тогда все отчеты не хватает информации; спасибо.
Если у вас есть фото или видео на этом мероприятии, пожалуйста, email- LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com
A kind viewer from Chita, Siberia has sent me a real video? of the event!
Flash from Meteor Lights Surroundings
Video labeled GREENHILLHOUSE- odd name for Russian Label?
c2015 Zabgeo
To PLAY video click 2X on start arrow. Chita Russia 11 NOV 20015 - Real video? of this meteor event!? Copyright 2015 All Right Reserved - Zabgeo Thank you Sir!
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Update! COMMENT and Analysis of the RT posted video-
There have been a spate of recycled videos and now, 30 mins after this post, it has been confirmed that the video posted below IS NOT of the reported Siberian event! The video is a cropped version of the Thailand 02NOV2015 event; thus a "faked" recycled video; sorry readers. It is unknown at this time if the event was of any extraordinary size... - LunarMeteoriteHunter, Japan An expert with a very good eye, Jarmo Moilanen, has just commented: The video shown is a cropped copy from this 02NOV2015 Bangkok fireball video shown on Russian tv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfON0TOLPjA
c2015 Jango Fixit
Thailand Bolide 02NOV2015
from which "faked/recycled" Siberian video was made
Chita, Siberia, Russia Bolide Meteor 11NOV2015 VIDEO now proven faked/recycled c2015 Levitan / YouTube
Метеорит в чите 12.11.2015 VIDEO now proven faked/recycled
Posted to YouTube by LEVITAN VIDEO 212 views
Published on Nov 11, 2015
Text c2015 Levitan / YouTube
Residents of Chita reported unusual bright green flare lit up the sky around midnight on November 11th. Witnesses wrote to the social networks that the phenomenon could be seen over the northern neighborhoods
"The flash of bright green color will appear for a few moments and abruptly disappeared. It was like the fall of any object ", - he wrote one of the witnesses.
According chitintsev, it seems that the sky is falling rapidly unknown object, leaving a tail of bright light. About unusual celestial phenomena also told residents and Tin Nerchinsk.
As the portal zabmedia.ru, in the Chita Hydrometeorological weather at the time of the outbreak was normal. The press service of BBO journalists commented that there are currently no exercises in the Trans-Baikal region is not carried out.
A similar object in the sky was observed on October 31 residents of Kaliningrad.
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Triple green meteor lights up Siberian skies near Chita (VIDEO now proven faked/recycled)
RT.com
Published time: 12 Nov, 2015 06:25 Edited time: 12 Nov, 2015 07:06
RT writes, "A huge fireball has been spotted in the skies over the Russian city of Chita near the border with China. An unidentified flying object, most probably a meteorite, made three extra bright flashes before burning out, according to eyewitness accounts." more- https://www.rt.com/news/321657-russia-chita-meteorite-fireball/
Residents of the Trans-Baikal Territory noticed in the sky bright green meteor, says pressNewsRu.com
Google translated from Russian- A huge ball of light seen the night before the city Chita locals. Dozens of people watched the sky over the Trans-Baikal regional center at about 22:00 local time (17:00 Moscow time) series of flashes lit up bright green color. He writes about the amazing phenomenon of local press. According to media reports, most likely, it is a meteor that produced some bright flashes before disappearing. The web video even appeared spectacular flight of the car, however, was soon followed by the exposure: a fake movie turned out. ...citation to The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News!
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Жители Забайкальского края заметили в небе ярко-зеленый метеор, утверждает пресса
Огромный светящийся шар заметили накануне вечером над городом Читой местные жители. Десятки человек наблюдали, как небо над краевым центром Забайкалья около 22:00 по местному времени (17:00 по Москве) озарила серия вспышек ярко-зеленого цвета. Об удивительном явлении пишет местная пресса. По мнению СМИ, скорее всего, речь идет о метеоре, который произвел несколько ярких вспышек перед тем, как исчезнуть. В Сети даже появилось видео эффектного пролета болида, однако вскоре последовало разоблачение: ролик оказался фейком.http://www.newsru.com/russia/12nov2015/chita.html
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Breaking News- Palotina, Paraná, Brazil Large Fireball with Boom 20:00 Local 22SEP2015
UPDATES PENDING!
Bright Flash followed by loud boom. Details pending. There may be meteorites on the ground. Brasil MeteorRats scramble!
Flash followed by tremor scares residents Palotina in Paraná 22 minutes ago UpdatedSeptember 22nd, 2015- Fonte e Fotos: www.UbirataOnline.com.br
He spent a fireball that was beautiful to see, it was a huge ball the same. "Said a resident from the vicinity of La Salette Shrine. Palotina from city residents were startled late on Tuesday (22), after a flash in the sky, followed by a loud noise. In social networks some report seeing something bright falling from the sky, others report that after the loud bang the walls of the houses shook for a few seconds, you must say it was probably a meteorite. ...
Photo shown in article is not of this event. http://ubirataonline.com.br/2015/clarao-seguido-de-tremor-assusta-moradores-de-palotina/
A bright meteor was seen from Puerto Rico on the night of August 20, according to Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe (SAC). The largest astronomy organization on the Caribbean Island says the meteor was seen at about 9:30 p.m. local time. "We got reports from the north and west side of the Island, but it is possible the meteor was also seen from other areas of Puerto Rico, SAC said.
"It was a beautiful one and we were able to capture some images on our meteor cameras", said SAC. Although there was a recent meteor shower (the Perseids) it seems this meteor was not related to the shower and was a sporadic meteor instead.
SAC explained this type of meteor is usually associated with small space rocks which generally disintegrate on Earth's atmosphere. Only a few have enough size or mass so that parts of it can survive the atmospheric friction, and reach the surface. -Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe (SAC)
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NSW / QLD, Australia Meteor Apprx. 1800 Local 30JUL2015 - w/ Fragmentation! and Sonics! Australian MeteorRats scramble !!!
Breaking Story- more updates soon -
E to W traveling bolide at approx 18:07 AEST July 30th. Preliminary reports seem to suggest it passed roughly over Byron Bay (between QLD and NSW at a steep angle (suggesting possible land fall).
Chance of it being man made space junk = nil. Appearance half the size of the moon, (could be a big chunk or two , intact. (pray for platinum)- Ravi Jagtiani
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NSW / QLD, Australia Meteor Apprx. 1800 Local 30JUL2015 v.3 c2015 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
30JUL2015 JAMES STEPHENS PORT MACQUARIE 18:20 5-10 seconds E;W LONG GREEN TAIL. BRIGHTER THEN THE FULL MOON AND THE BALL OF LIGHT HALF THE SIZE OF THE FULL MOON Brighter then the current full moon A SMALLER FRAGMENT BROKE OFF, MAYBE 1/3 THE SIZE Iv seen hundreds of "shooting stars" over my life but this was something else. My initial thought was that someone had shot a fire work over head, I even braced for the explosion.
30JUL2015 Jeremy Underwood Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia 18:07 +10GMT 5 sec Started altitude approx 60deg NNW heading NW Large white/yellow fireball with fragments breaking off Venus Yes None
30JUL2015 River Henricks Byron Bay, NSW, Australia 18:02 PM Visible for me for about 2-3 seconds and then my view was obstructed by trees Not 100% sure but I think I was driving south and the meteor passed over me heading west Yellow/White/Slight green Very Bright Not that i could see It was quite large and appeared to be approx 300m up
30JUL2015 Neal M Ipswich QLD Australia 18:00 5 to 6 sec SSW heading at a steep angle left to right Bright white with a tail before breaking up About as intense as Venus Yes saw fragmentation seem to go foward from main body vanidhed soon after fragmentation
30JUL2015 Mandie Gill Wauchope NSW Australia 1800 2-3 seconds NNW heading slightly right to left it last few seconds before it landed White with a white tail about 10cm long , About the same as a bright star No I first thought it was a plane about to crash
30JUL2015 Billie- jo cresswell brookefield nsw australia17:49pm it took about 3-4 seconds i was facing north and it was going left the colour of this metior was a greeny blue it was brighter then the moon but dull then the sun it looked like it broke into two it was hectic
30JUL2015 Just witnessed a bright yellow light earth bound, 1802hours. Bathurst Nsw. From where I was it looked like it would've landed near Eglinton. It erupted just before hitting the horizon. Very cool!
- Rachel Anne -- Beautiful Name, Rachel Anne!
30JUL2015 I have just received the below email via my astronomy website from someone
living on the Gold Coast, Australia. Unfortunately, there is no information about what direction the daughter was looking or when she saw the object. I am emailing the list on the off chance that a re-entry has occurred today over this part of Australia. Thanks in advance. Regards, Paul Floyd. www.nightskyonline.info
"... My daughter called to tell me that she's seen a large bright object with what she described as a broken tail arcing down the sky this evening (Thurs 30th Jul). She is not at all into astronomical events so didn't know what to make of it, but she sees enough planes to know it wasn't that. She lives in Burleigh. ..."
MBIQ Detects Texas, USA Meteor Approx. 2115 CDT 22JUL2015 w/ Fragmentation
21:15 CDT = 02:15 UTC 23/Jul/2015MeteorBotIQ tm. uses both artificial and human intelligence to detect meteor events worldwide.
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MBIQ Detects Texas, USA Meteor Apprx 2115 CDT 22JUL2015 Neon - sighting report / Red- MBIQ data v5 c2015 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth
Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
22JUL2015 John McInerney St. Hedwig, TX USA 2115/central pm 2 to 3 seconds East to west Red fireball with greenish tail. Seemed to break into two distinct pieces before disappearing Brighter than Venus Two parts East to west low to the horizon
22JUL2015 Cindy Tuscola,TX USA 2115 central/pm Maybe 3 sec Facing south started from left headed right from SE to SW Fireball bright, flaming/ green & orangish red Bright as sun Streaked Amazing sight-husband also saw
22JUL2015 arturo Weslaco, TX 9:10 5-10 sec I was facing n and it travel straight down blue flashing brighter than venu no just surprised it lasted long I was walking on the street to my front neighbors house and saw the meteorite until my tree in the back of my house block the view
22JUL2015 Christianna Richmond,TX 21:15 3 sec Left to right Green Very bright Solid object/meteor Saw bright green meteor like thing very fast flying diagonally down and seemed to die out here in Richmond, tx
22JUL2015 Mike San Angelo TX 9:30 pm About 5-10 seconds Facing south White line, the front was round and blue Bright white and blue No Quick fall amd it dissapeared as it got really close to earth
22JUL2015 Around 9:10 or so in the NW hills area, wheeling the trash out front (cuz I'm domestic, that's how I roll) and on the south horizon, pretty low, burning in left to right (so east to west), maybe a 15-20 degree angle. It glowed bright green, leaving a small trail. -Brisketexan, Austin,TX
MBIQ Data Set-
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Published on Jul 17, 2015
Asteroid 2011 UW158 is going to pass 30 times closer than the nearest planet on July 19 at around 10pm.
This asteroid will approach within 6.4 LD and will be one of the strongest radar targets of the year.
2011 UW158 has an absolute magnitude of 19.4.
Size: 452m - 1011m.
Observations are scheduled at Goldstone from July 13-26
Stargazers will be able to enjoy the spectacle live via Slooh Space Telescope.
What makes this unusual is the large amount of platinum believed to be lurking in the body of this space visitor.
Can it be mined someday, perhaps not too far in the future? Read more here: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-ne...
Hillary Clinton sounds the alarm on meteor/ites
politico.com / by Nick Glass- 7/16/15 3:31 PM EDT
...the Democratic front-runner said experts should be mapping meteorites and asteroids “on a security basis,” noting the importance of scientific research and development in stimulating the U.S. economy.... #asteroids #threat #NationalSecurityIssue #HillaryClinton
A large asteroid making a pass by Earth this weekend is believed to be worth more than the entire economy of Japan. ...
Asteroid Mining Company's 1st Satellite Launches from Space Station
SPACE.com
A private spaceflight company took one small step for asteroid mining this week with the launch of its first spacecraft to test technology that may one day help tap into the riches of the solar system. The Arkyd 3 Reflight spacecraft, a small satellite built by the space-mining company Planetary…
Asteroid spotted in Puerto Rico awes scientists for its shape and tremendous speed
Fox News Latino
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has announced that the first detailed images have been obtained of Asteroid 2011 UW158, which show it has a very odd shape and structure, and that it spins at a tremendous speed on its own axis, phenomena that have intrigued scientists. The images were…
Breaking News Story - GA AL TN FL NC SC KY WV Major Space Trash Debris Event Apprx. 0130 EDT / 0030 Central / 05:29:30 UTC 29JUN2015
--NOT Related to SpaceX -- 7Videos; and photos not all posted -check back Seen for a total flight of approximately 600 miles! 8 STATES
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GA AL TN FL NC SC KY WV Major Space Trash Event 29JUN2015
Red Line Indicates Refined Estimated Trajectory
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"... Very slow mover (~6.5 km/s) at around 05:29:30 UTC; multiple fragments. Looks like a reentry to me."
Bill Cooke, NASA
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Graphic of 06939 Debris Decay Data, Trajectory and Image.
c2015 Jango F. / LunarMeteoriteHunter, Japan
Soviet spent rocket Object 06939 SL-6 R/B(2) International designator 1973-084D is marked for decay with a T.I.P. (Trajectory Impact Prediction) for a decay epoch of 2015-06-29 04:12 UTC. However the rocket may have traveled an extra loop of our planet and decayed over the USA.
Launched in 1972 it put Kosmos 606 in orbit. Simulation of trajectory with last available element set;
1 06939U 73084D 15180.17652177 .99999999 98094-5 18386-1 0 9994
2 06939 060.9340 254.9819 0366870 074.5130 017.2099 15.64920780310575
coincidentally puts it over the US during the "meteor" event witnessed.
- J.F.
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"pic took it while driving with high beams on also it crossed in front of me I'm facing south coming from Hot Springs toward Marshall, NC on 25/70 Hwy"
c2015 Colton / LunarMeteoriteHunter
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"At around 1:30am on june 29th there was a fireball that appeared in the sky. It lasted about 20secs, breaking apart and leaving orange and white streaks in the sky as it went."
c2015 S. Dunn / LunarMeteoriteHunter
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I was facing the parking lot area noticed it at 12:30 and it traveled quite fast behind the building going towards Ga" -Video by Ashley G.
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Meteor fireball spotted in the skies over Atlanta
--- There is a very strong possibility that this was a space trash re-entry... FEMA REGION IV / FEMA REGION III. Advise DO NOT TOUCH DEBRIS or Approach - Potential Hazard! Materials DID likely survive re-entry! Found Space Trash Debris?- Emergency Response Tele - Patrick Air Force Base at 321-494-7001 or contact your nearest local law enforcement official.
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Initial Sighting Reports-
29JUN2015 Tom M. ELLIJAY, GEORGIA, US 01:45/EDT 20 Seconds SW to NE. Moved from my right to left as I faced SE. Bright white Bright as Jupiter. Very white in color. Yes. Head appeared fragmented, and several smaller objects closely followed the main part. I was facing SE and the object moved across my field of view from right to left. Seemed to be descending. No noise.
29JUN2015 ashley crestview Florida United states 12:40am est like 30-40 seconds right to left looked really long white with blue and purple like white looked sparkling never seen this before
29JUN2015 The hauns Andalusia Alabama usa 12:35 25 sec South to. North Yellow with orange tail Like a meteor shower No Long streaking beautiful
29JUN2015 Telynn and Mark Stewart Salem, Alabama 01:35 am 20 sec S-N Bright Orange large tail looked like it was on fire Sun Yes No
29JUN2015 Kim Laforge Strawberry Plains TN 1:34 16 seconds SE to NW right to left and I was facing east Bright amber gold with good tail behind. I didn't hear anything. Moon 6 pieces one larger started the front then smaller pieces around it I did not have time to go into my house to get phone for video
29JUN2015 Josphe quinn Sc- greenwood lake 1:33 am 60sec SW to NE Orange,purple, blue, fire Moon Yes On fire
29JUN2015 Andy Dolan orange beach AL. USA 12:32 central am 8-10 sec Eastern /northeast/ two fireballs with debris tracking in same path yellowish in color yes slow moving amazing one of the best I've ever seen
29JUN2015 Michael Sawyer taylorsville, north Carolina 1:31am 20 to 25 seconds north west whitish with long trail of sparks behind it venus yes from NW to SE
29JUN2015 BILL FREEMAN Bristol, TN 13:30 edt At least 20 seconds Southwest to Northeast Intense white light that cast shadows followed by breakup into at least a dozen multicolored pieces. Continued across sky lasting over 20 seconds Brighter than venus Definitely a bolide I was night fishing on South Holston lake in east Tennessee - brightest bolide I have ever seen
29JUN2015 Monique Between Ridge Spring, SC and Aiken, South Carolina 1:30am 30-40 traveling across sky West on 1-20. It was going somewhat north Didn't hear sound. Bright color pretty bright as star with smoke trailing It was large then became fragmented as traveled Pretty.
29JUN2015 AMANDA TAYLORSVILLE NC, USA 1:30, EASTERN, AM 12 SEC SW/NE--N LEFT to RIGHT ORANGE IN COLOR Venus small fragmentation There were at least 2 objects, and they had long tails.
29JUN2015 Jennifer Bladorn Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America 12:30 pm 15 seconds and then went into clouds on the horizon and came back out for about 2 or 3 seconds Facing south... Traveling southwest to northeast 3 fireballs with a huge tail ..orange in color and slight noise like a small plane. Bright like a fire in the sky. Not as much as sun or moon ... And going very fast. Looked like a airplane on fire Sparks were flying but it stayed together. Looked like a pic of a comet ...4 witnessed with us
29JUN2015 Emily Bay County Florida 12:30 Central 8 seconds Straight Down Facing NW On fire Moon No I did not get to take a picture, but it was falling straight down at a rapid speed
29JUN2015 Nicholas Cammarata Buford, GA 01:25 AM 15-20 sec 111*E^-5*1973 / 34*05'42N 83*5829"W Saw a steam of a bright cluster of mass moving across the sky from right to left. Started out more blue white in color and one body mass. As it moved across the sky it broke up into maybe 5 or 6 separate masses with a blue white orange bright streaks. The colors grew more intense as it moved. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!! moon yes Ironically neither one of us cared to grab our phones. It wasn't something to take your eyes away. My friend watched it with me as we were walking to his car. The size of the mass was quite large compared to anything else I have seen. I am sure others saw it too.
Click Image Puerto Rico Bolide Meteor with Boom 2315 Local 31MAY2015 Screen Capture from YouTube c2015 Eddie IrizarrySociedadAstronomia.com
Watch Video Below! Meteoro con onda expansiva ("sonic boom") 5/31/2015 SAC
Posted to YouTube by kevinizooropa 61 views Published on Jun 1, 2015
An explosion was heard at about 11:15 pm Sunday May 31, 2015 about Northwestern Puerto Rico proved to be a meteor that entered on the area, he reported the Astronomical Society of the Caribbean (SAC). More details soon ... in SociedadAstronomia.com
Una explosión que se escuchó a eso de las 11:15 pm del domingo 31 de mayo de 2015 sobre el Noroeste de Puerto Rico resultó ser un meteoro que penetró sobre esa zona, informó la Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe (SAC). Más detalles en breve...en SociedadAstronomia.com
Thank you Eddie Irizarry for sharing!
Eddie Irizarry
Eddie Irizarry es el Vice-Presidente de la Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe.
2015 The SECOND Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Breaking News- NASA Assteroid Capture
Asteroid Redirect Mission Concepts Development
NASA RELEASE 15-050
NASA Announces Next Steps on Journey to Mars: Progress on Asteroid Initiative
NASA Wednesday announced more details in its plan for its Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), which in the mid-2020s will test a number of new capabilities needed for future human expeditions to deep space, including to Mars. NASA also announced it has increased the detection of near-Earth asteroids by 65 percent since launching its asteroid initiative three years ago.
For ARM, a robotic spacecraft will capture a boulder from the surface of a near-Earth asteroid and move it into a stable orbit around the moon for exploration by astronauts, all in support of advancing the nation’s journey to Mars.
"The Asteroid Redirect Mission will provide an initial demonstration of several spaceflight capabilities we will need to send astronauts deeper into space, and eventually, to Mars," said NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot. "The option to retrieve a boulder from an asteroid will have a direct impact on planning for future human missions to deep space and begin a new era of spaceflight."
The agency plans to announce the specific asteroid selected for the mission no earlier than 2019, approximately a year before launching the robotic spacecraft. Before an asteroid is considered a valid candidate for the mission, scientists must first determine its characteristics, in addition to size, such as rotation, shape and precise orbit. NASA has identified three valid candidates for the mission so far: Itokawa, Bennu and 2008 EV5. The agency expects to identify one or two additional candidates each year leading up to the mission. Following its rendezvous with the target asteroid, the uncrewed ARM spacecraft will deploy robotic arms to capture a boulder from its surface. It then will begin a multi-year journey to redirect the boulder into orbit around the moon.
Throughout its mission, the ARM robotic spacecraft will test a number of capabilities needed for future human missions, including advanced Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP), a valuable capability that converts sunlight to electrical power through solar arrays and then uses the resulting power to propel charged atoms to move a spacecraft. This method of propulsion can move massive cargo very efficiently. While slower than conventional chemical rocket propulsion, SEP-powered spacecraft require significantly less propellant and fewer launches to support human exploration missions, which could reduce costs.
Future SEP-powered spacecraft could pre-position cargo or vehicles for future human missions into deep space, either awaiting crews at Mars or staged around the moon as a waypoint for expeditions to the Red Planet.
ARM's SEP-powered robotic spacecraft will test new trajectory and navigation techniques in deep space, working with the moon's gravity to place the asteroid in a stable lunar orbit called a distant retrograde orbit. This is a suitable staging point for astronauts to rendezvous with a deep space habitat that will carry them to Mars.
Before the piece of the asteroid is moved to lunar orbit, NASA will use the opportunity to test planetary defense techniques to help mitigate potential asteroid impact threats in the future. The experience and knowledge acquired through this operation will help NASA develop options to move an asteroid off an Earth-impacting course, if and when that becomes necessary.
In 2005, NASA's Deep Impact comet science mission tested technology that could assist in changing the course of a near-Earth object using a direct hit with a spacecraft. The ARM robotic spacecraft opens a new and second option for planetary defense using a technique called a gravity tractor. All mass exerts and experiences gravity and, in space, the gravitational attraction even between masses of modest size can significantly affect their motion. This means that by rendezvousing with the asteroid and holding a halo orbit in the appropriate direction, the ARM robotic spacecraft can slowly pull the asteroid without touching it. The effectiveness of this maneuver is increased, moreover, if mass is moved from the asteroid to the spacecraft by the capture of a boulder.
It will take approximately six years for the ARM robotic spacecraft to move the asteroid mass into lunar orbit. In the mid-2020s, NASA's Orion spacecraft will launch on the agency’s Space Launch System rocket, carrying astronauts on a mission to rendezvous with and explore the asteroid mass. The current concept for the crewed mission component of ARM is a two-astronaut, 24-25 day mission.
This crewed mission will further test many capabilities needed to advance human spaceflight for deep space missions to Mars and elsewhere, including new sensor technologies and a docking system that will connect Orion to the robotic spacecraft carrying the asteroid mass. Astronauts will conduct spacewalks outside Orion to study and collect samples of the asteroid boulder wearing new spacesuits designed for deep space missions.
Collecting these samples will help astronauts and mission managers determine how best to secure and safely return samples from future Mars missions. And, because asteroids are made of remnants from the formation of the solar system, the returned samples could provide valuable data for scientific research or commercial entities interested in asteroid mining as a future resources.
In 2012, the president's NASA budget included, and Congress authorized, $20.4 million for an expanded NASA Near-Earth Object (NEO) Observations Program, increasing the resources for this critical program from the $4 million per year it had received since the 1990s. The program was again expanded in fiscal year 2014, with a budget of $40.5 million. NASA is asking Congress for $50 million for this important work in the 2016 budget.
"Asteroids are a hot topic," said Jim Green, director of NASA Planetary Science. "Not just because they could pose a threat to Earth, but also for their scientific value and NASA's planned mission to one as a stepping stone to Mars."
NASA has identified more than 12,000 NEOs to date, including 96 percent of near-Earth asteroids larger than 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) in size. NASA has not detected any objects of this size that pose an impact hazard to Earth in the next 100 years. Smaller asteroids do pass near Earth, however, and some could pose an impact threat. In 2011, 893 near-Earth asteroids were found. In 2014, that number was increased to 1,472.
In addition to NASA's ongoing work detecting and cataloging asteroids, the agency has engaged the public in the hunt for these space rocks through the agency's Asteroid Grand Challenge activities, including prize competitions. During the recent South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, the agency announced the release of a software application based on an algorithm created by a NASA challenge that has the potential to increase the number of new asteroid discoveries by amateur astronomers.
More information about the Asteroid Redirect Mission, visit:
/asteroidinitiative http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/march/nasa-announces-next-steps-on-journey-to-mars-progress-on-asteroid-initiative/
The End - The Doors
2015 The SECOND Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
15MAR2015 Stefan Spieß Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany 2045 CET 5sec E-W green, orange / no sound Brighter then Moon No fragmentation no further comments
15MAR2015 Janine H. Scheuring, Bayern, Germany 20:43:00 5 seconds W-S bright blue /white, short kind of red explosion no sound Venus no parts falling off nothing
15MAR2015 Linda Wädenswil, ZURICH, Switzerland ~ 21:00 ~ 5 sec. N-S bright and blue tail, golden front / No sound Full moon No None
15MAR2015 Konstantin Weißenow Stuttgart, Germany 20:50:00 3 N-S Bright white, no sound Moon Couldn't see -
15MAR2015 james Boblingen, Germany 20:50:00 5-10 secs east to west flames in the rear and a blue front sun no no sound
15MAR2015 MATS WALKEMEYER MÖSSINGEN, BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, GERMANE 20:50/CET, PM 20 NE-SW BLUE AND YELLOW/ NO SOUND MOON NOT WERE I WAS -
15MAR2015 Michael DORNBIRN; VORARLBERG; AUSTRIA 20:45 MEZ (Vienna) 5-10sec. W-E, South looked like a firework, after 3 min. I heard 2 explosions the sky was as bright as at daytime no fragmentation no
15MAR2015 Domenic Scherzingen, Switzerland 20:45pm 10 N-S White and a boom-sound one minute later Very bright. Like a very close star No Very close
20:42, Germany, South-West.
The most beautiful, green and white big light raced across the sky. It was the biggest shooting star I've ever seen, too!!
Amazing :) - Lara Hammer
All22meteor sighting reports can be seen here
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